In fact, guaranteeing healthcare as a human right through a Medicare for All, single-payer system would cost $1 trillion less than our current dysfunctional system.
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162 years ago · 1864
“The Secretary of War is directed to transmit a copy of this order to the governor of Ohio and to cause a certificate of their honorable service to be delivered to the officers and…”
— Abraham Lincoln
135 years ago · 1891
“And warning is hereby expressly given to all persons not to enter or make settlement upon the tract of land reserved by this proclamation.”
— Ben Harrison
112 years ago · 1914
“The issuance of this order is recommended by the Secretary of the Treasury for the reason that on account of the technical character of the work required, the services of…”
— Woodrow Wilson
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